Hands-on discipline goes awry
Scar story #3: Linda writes: "In the 1970s my 10-year-old son had been told many times that he was not to use a scissors while sitting on his bed. I caught him once again and went to administer a smack. The palm of my hand hit the sharp point of the scissors which sliced an artery. Profuse bleeding meant a quick trip to Waikato A and E. Thirty-five years later he is still coy about whether he deliberately pointed the scissors at my approaching hand."
A fashionable meal of it
Fashion met cuisine at Berlin's Communication Museum as prominent German chef Roland Trettl introduced his outfits (displayed on live models) made from food, including a tunic of octopus, a miniskirt of seaweed, a trouser suit made with lean bacon, a scarf of squid ink pasta, and a hat woven from lettuce. (Source: News of the Weird)
High hair hijinks
The woman who had her afro searched by airport security reminded John: "Back in the early 60s one of our girls in the office sported a high volume bee-hive hairstyle. We managed to insert 19 full-length pencils from the stationery cupboard before she noticed."
